Took the train up to the old ford motor factory in Bukit Batok. Nothing special, you may think about an old defunct car factory, but this has an important historical legacy for Singapore as it was here that the British signed the unconditional surrender to the troops of Japan, in 1942.

What followed was four years of misery for the inhabitants, especially the Chinese who were massacred in bulk. Anyone with any anti Japanese leaning was disposed with, often in the most brutal manner.

The factory is now a museum and is filled with sobering displays, including the table where the surrender was signed.

Finished the day with a trip to the top of the sky park, the building that looks like a ship, for a wonderful view of the city as night fell..